Obituaries

Jul 18, 2024

Larry Percifield , age 71 of Commerce passed away Thursday, July 18, 2024. A Funeral Service will be held 7:00 pm Monday, July 22, 2024 at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Pastor Allen Stevens and William Pirkle. Interment cremation. The family will receive friends 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Monday, July 22, 2024 at the...

Jul 9, 2024

Geraldine Jean McCain Fisk , age 84 of Jefferson passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2024. A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 pm, Friday, July 26, 2024 at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be their family minister. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu...

Jul 5, 2024

Geran Floyd Dodson, born on October 22, 1941, in Laurens, Iowa, passed away on July 5, 2024, in Flowery Branch, Georgia. He was the beloved son of Floyd and Virginia Dodson, and Elva and Don Wiersma.

A loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather, Geran is survived by his devoted wife Debbie...

Jul 3, 2024

Danny James Snow, age 62 of Commerce, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Danny was born June 13, 1962 in Birmingham AL. He is survived by his wife Cecilia Snow; children Brandon Snow, Whitney Frink and husband Clay, Cory Snow; brother Bobby Snow; grandchildren Christopher Reed, Ainslie Reed, and Cooper Frink. Danny was preceded in...

Jul 2, 2024

Rachel Johnson Christy, age 86 of Hoschton, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Rachel is survived by her son Jerry Christy Jr. and grand daughter Reilly Christy. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Jake and Lucille Johnson; husband Jerry Christy Sr. A private Celebration of Life will take place at a...

Jun 29, 2024

Phillip Jay Dyer, born October 22, 1949 of St. Petersburg, Fl., entered into rest Saturday, June 29, 2024. Phillip is survived by his brother Robert Dyer and wife Frances of Statham;  sister Delores Scroggs of Decatur. He was preceded in death by his parents J.D. and Erco Dyer; sisters Laura Hubbard and Drusella Roberts; brothers...

Jun 26, 2024

Kenneth Garrison Holbrook , age 85 of Winder passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Kenneth loved gardening, flowers, wood working, fishing, smiling, and most of all his family. He was a very simple man and will be missed very much. He is survived by his son Carl Wayne Holbrook of Winder; daughter Cathie Schuman of...

Jun 16, 2024

Robert Jason Manders , age 52 of Winder passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024. Robert loved many things including: country music, Nascar, Bill and Chase Elliot, the beach, fishing, going out to ride, the GA Bulldogs, and most of all his grandchildren. He is survived by his father Bill Rogers of Bethlehem; mother in law...

Jun 16, 2024

Wendell Gooch Sr. , age 71 of Braselton passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024. Wendell loved to hunt, fish, all animals, fixing and working on things, music, and most of all his family. Wendell was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He is survived by his wife Patricia Gooch; sons Wendell Jr. and wife Gillian,...

Jun 9, 2024

Mrs. Avonda Joy King, passed to be with the Lord on June 9,2024 at the City of Hope Cancer Center in Newnan, GA.

Avonda was born in Athens, TN September 12,1969 to Brenda Crabtree Shugart and the late Willard Shugart, the family soon moved to Tucker, GA where Avonda would grow...

Jun 2, 2024

Henry “Dink” Crawford Looney , age 68 of Bethlehem passed away Sunday, June 2, 2024. Henry is survived by his mother Mable Jones; son Jason Chadwick Looney; sister Dolores Murphy; grandchild Jason Chadwick Looney II. He was preceded in death by his father Hershel Looney; brother David Looney; sister Connie Studdard. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral...

Jun 1, 2024

Bettye Lorene Meeks, age 87 of Auburn passed away Saturday, June 1, 2024. A Funeral Service will be held 2:00 pm Friday, June 7, 2024 at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Josh BoBo. Interment to follow at Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Lawrenceville, GA. The family will receive friends from 12:00...

May 23, 2024

MJ Dobson , age 83, of Purvis, Mississippi, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2024, peacefully surrounded by his family in Gainesville, Georgia.

MJ was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Dobson, son, Harry Dobson, brother HA Dobson, sister Ouida Christensen, sister Janice Nelson Carr, sister Laura Frances Morris, and sister Ray...

May 19, 2024

Walter “Roger” Eldridge, age 79, of Hoschton, passed away to the Lord on Sunday, May 19, 2024. He had suffered for a long time, but the illness is gone now, and he can rest with God. He was a great husband, grandfather, father, friend, and the best neighbor. His greatest gift was helping a friend....

May 19, 2024

Joseph Ronald McEver , age 70 of Braselton, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2024. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Duncan Creek Congregational Church. Interment cremation. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home, 4532 Hwy 53 Hoschton, Ga., 30548. Lawsonfuneralhome.org. 706-654-0966.

May 18, 2024

Mary Jean Smith, affectionately know as “Mama Jean”, was born on August 3, 1935 to the late Roy Lee Russell and Fannie Mae Mahaffey Russell in Winder, GA. Mary Jean joined Barber Creek Baptist Church in Statham, Ga., where she was a member for many years. In her free time, she enjoyed fishing. She worked...

May 14, 2024

Frances (Fran) Edens O’Guin, born in Detroit, Michigan to a family of 16 children passed away at the age of 93 from a stroke on May 14, 2024 at Life Care Center of Lawrenceville Ga.  She was a devoted wife following her husband in his ministries which led them to Duluth, Georgia in late 1971....

May 5, 2024

Richard Franklin King , 80, of Winder, Georgia passed away peacefully Sunday, May 5, 2024. He is preceded in death by his late wife of 58 years, Dorothy Ann King. Parents, Lonan and Thelma King, and sisters, Dorothy Jean Harlock, Shirley Duranic, Mary Bell King and Lola King. He is survived by his son, James...

Apr 27, 2024

On Saturday, April 27, 2024, Shirley Johnson loving wife and mother of three children passed away at the age of 87. Shirley was born on December 28, 1936 in Murphy, N.C. She was a housewife and was married to Hoyt Johnson. They raised two sons, Eddie and Mike along one daughter Sue. Shirley enjoyed dancing, bowling, and...

Apr 26, 2024

Timothy Virgil Wright , of Jefferson passed away Friday, April 26, 2024. Timothy is survived by his beloved wife Julie Phillips Wright of Jefferson; sons Eddie White of Jefferson, Chris and Jessica Parker-Bittle of Flowery Branch, Josh and Kristen Nix of Commerce; sisters Melinda and Gene Farmer of Monroe, Lisa and Tony Jenkins of Monroe;...